Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Caroline Tran's pictures always have this soft, romantic feel to them...and she's done it again this time with a cupcake-loving couple. People say taking pictures of food is actually the toughest type of photography (feel free to correct me if this is untrue!), but Caroline has done an amazing job. I am particularly in love with the cookie monster cupcake =p

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

There is this new show on Food Network called Cupcake Wars, and it takes 4 cupcake bakers every week + 3 cupcake taste & presentation challenges. Every week I see people come up completely new recipes (sea salt + seaweed infused cupcakes??) and then build huge, crazy displays to present a thousand cupcakes...all in 2 hours.

It really makes me ask myself...if I had wanted to DIY my own cupcake display for my wedding...could I have done it? Given that I would've stuck to normal vanilla cupcakes w/ vanilla frosting and had an entire team of my girlfriends helping me...could I have pulled off a display of 200 cupcakes for my guests?

Obviously I didn't get the chance to try (it was too risky at the time!) but sometimes I still think about it....and dream about what I might've/could've done...do any of you ever think this way? Or did any of you actually try to DIY your own cake? Or are you planning on it? Comment away!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Happy Monday all! To open up this week, I am honored to feature Dreamlite Studios, who took these beautiful pictures of my very own maid of honor and her guy. They're getting married Labor Day weekend, and I can't wait to see how it all turns out!

Monday, June 7, 2010

One of my friends recently asked me where she could get affordable, customized wedding invitations...and I immediately thought of all the creative handmade shops on Etsy. Here are some of my favorites =)

Saturday, June 5, 2010

When I was a single person, I never decorated my walls much because I knew I was likely to move soon - off to college and then starting my first job in the big city...and nobody really lives in an NYC apartment for longer than a year. So I never thought to put anything on the walls - it was "too much work" for too short of an amount of time. But now that I'm married and living in a two-year lease...I'm quite excited to put some art on the walls! Plus, I think these pieces from evajuliet are fantastic housewarming gift for newlyweds!

for the kitchen!

right above the dining room table...so relaxing...and perfect for a little tea party